8th ICPC Sponsors

Dow combines global breadth; asset integration and scale; focused innovation and materials science expertise; leading business positions; and environmental, social and governance leadership to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. The Company's ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated, science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. .

Borealis is one of the world’s leading providers of advanced and sustainable polyolefin solutions and a European front-runner in polyolefins recycling. In Europe, we are a market leader in base chemicals and fertilizers. We leverage our polymer expertise and decades of experience to offer value adding, innovative and circular material solutions for key industries such as consumer products, energy, healthcare, infrastructure and mobility. In re-inventing essentials for sustainable living, we build on our commitment to safety, our people, innovation and technology, and performance excellence. We are accelerating the transformation to a circular economy of polyolefins and expanding our geographical footprint to better serve our customers around the globe. With head offices in Vienna, Austria, we employ 6,900 employees and operate in over 120 countries. In 2021, we generated total sales of EUR 12.342 EUR billion and a net profit of EUR 1,396 million. OMV, the Austria-based international oil and gas company, owns 75% of our shares, while the remaining 25% is owned by a holding company of the Abu-Dhabi based Mubadala. We supply services and products to customers around the globe through Borealis and two important joint ventures: Borouge (with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, or ADNOC, based in UAE); and Baystar™ (with TotalEnergies, based in the US).

SCG Chemicals Public Company Limited, or SCGC, has consistently operated and extended its business over the past four decades and is the core business that delivers exceptional performance results for SCG Group. SCGC has developed "chemical innovations" to drive the region's economy and industry while improving people's quality of life under Sustainable Development Goals and ESG, striving toward Chemicals Business for Sustainability. Our main business is the production of plastic resins or polymers molded into products used in our everyday lives, ranging from food packaging, automotive parts, medical equipment, electrical appliances to infrastructures among others. Additionally, SCGC operates other businesses connected to our primary business, including SCGC Floating Solar Solutions, clean energy solutions, emisspro® coating solutions for industrial furnaces, and many more. The chemical innovations developed by SCGC are pragmatic and applicable to daily lives and include innovations with industrial applications..

Polymer Char is the leading company in Polyolefin Characterization. With 30 years of full dedication to Polyolefin Characterization, it has managed to create the broadest and most modern range of instruments and services in its field. Outstanding for its solutions in Molar Mass Distribution – GPC/SEC (GPC-IR, GPC-QC), Chemical Composition Distribution (CRYSTAF, TREF, CEF, and TGIC), Bivariate Distribution (CFC and SGIC 2D), Soluble Fraction measurement (CRYSTEX QC and CRYSTEX 42), Preparative Fractionation (PREP C20 and PREP mc²), Intrinsic Viscosity (IVA), and its integrated Infrared Detectors (IR4, IR5 and IR6). With instruments installed in over 30 countries, Polymer Char has clearly become the leader in research, engineering, software and service in Polyolefin Analysis. Having worked with the most advanced laboratories in the world for 30 years has made this possible. Today, in the area of Polyolefin Analysis, you can rely on our technical quality, large experience and overall Excellence in Customer Care.

Tosoh Bioscience is a leading manufacturer in the field of liquid chromatography with over 50 years of experience in size exclusion chromatography. Our range of products for macromolecule characterization includes a wide range of GPC/HPLC columns as well as GPC/SEC systems and suitable detectors such as MALS and Visco. The EcoSEC Elite GPC instrument is ideally suited for fast polymer analysis. Time and solvent can be saved when the system is coupled with our extensive line of highly efficient, semi-micro TSKgel columns. The EcoSEC HT instrument for high-temperature GPC analysis provides stable heating up to 220° C.

Standards Service GmbH (PSS) a provider of solutions in the field of polymer characterization. Together, we specialize in hardware and software solutions used in defining the makeup and creation of molecular structures. We provide the complete solutions for gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and size exclusion chromatography (SEC) used in applications to determine the molecular weight and size distribution of macromolecules. The advanced PSS hardware, software, columns and reference materials we’re adding to our portfolio will enhance our offerings and ensure we deliver the broad spectrum of LC equipment, GPC/SEC analytics and software our customers value.

Polymer Technology Laboratory (LATEP) is a laboratory for the analysis, characterization and research on plastic materials located at the Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid - Spain). LATEP brings service and support to the research, development and innovation activities of companies and research centres in the plastic sector providing also technical consultancy according to the customers’ needs.

Fraunhofer is Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization. Our research efforts are geared entirely to people’s needs: health, security, communication, energy and the environment. As a result, the work undertaken by our researchers and developers has a significant impact on people’s lives. We are creative. We shape technology. We design products. We improve methods and techniques. We open up new vistas.

The Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP) is a unique forum for dialogue and cooperation between all parts of the polyolefin value chain: brand owners, retailers, waste management organisations, recyclers, converters, producers and other stakeholders. We provide innovative solutions that are useful to industry as well as beneficial to society and the environment. PCEP's goal is to transform the entire polyolefin system from a linear to a circular. In addition to designing polyolefin products to be more reusable and recyclable, PCEP remodels collection and sorting systems to improve recycling processes, so minimising waste and maximising the return of recycled polyolefins as high-quality raw material.

LCGC, an MJH Life Sciences™ brand, is the leading provider of digital and print content to the chromatography market, enhancing productivity, efficiency, and the overall value of separation science globally. With our commitment to editorial excellence we have pioneered innovation across a broad portfolio of digital and print platforms. LCGC covers all key growth segments in the industry by providing unbiased peer-reviewed content, educational webinars, trusted troubleshooting advice, and best-practice applications solutions. Laboratory based analytical chemists and influential chromatographers can improve productivity and enhance their proficiency through LCGC’s oriented information giving them a competitive advantage for the real-world analysis they face.

A leading buyers guide and online resource for the laboratory, Labcompare provides up-to-date product information and new technologies for laboratory professionals in applied sciences including analytical chemistry, clinical diagnostics, environmental sciences, food testing, forensic sciences, cannabis testing, and other applications. Labcompare combines in-depth knowledge of the products and technologies used by laboratory professionals with expertise to provide articles, product reviews, videos, newsletters, product reviews, and other content all designed to educate and inform lab professionals throughout every step of their buying journey. Labcompare continually strives to serve laboratory professionals to help facilitate product discovery and technology education, compare products side-byside, and request quotes from manufacturers.